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Is Twitter Fueling The Rise Of ISIS? New Lawsuit Alleges So
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 12:08pm | 225Following the murder of her husband at the hands of international terrorist organization ISIS, California widow Tara Fields is now suing Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) for its alleged role in the killing. According to Fields’ lawsuit, Twitter did not "take any meaningful action to stop...
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Will ISIL Impact These Military Communications Players?
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 1:34pm | 346President Barack Obama declared last week that the United States would step up its counter-terrorism efforts against ISIL. In addition to selling more munitions and aviation fuel to the military, another benefit to the defense industry might be in the secret world of drones, communication and...
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ETFs React To President Obama's Speech
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 4:10pm | 475The anticipated speech by President Barack Obama regarding U.S. action toward ISIL was met with a mixed emotions. The 15-minute speech outlined the military’s strategy to defeat the terrorist group. Obama stressed that his strategy to fight ISIL would "be different from the wars in...
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How Raytheon Company And General Dynamics Corporation Could Benefit From The ISIL Announcement
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 3:12pm | 395President Barack Obama made a big announcement Wednesday night. In a change to previous policy, he laid out a plan to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, by expanding the air campaign in Syria (previously limited to Iraq), where the terror group has its base...
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How Oil Has Made ISIL The Richest Terrorist Group In History
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 9:44am | 706Citing U.S. intelligence officials, Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the Islamic State ISIL could be raising more than $2 million a day –- much of it from oil sales. The oil comes from seven oil fields and two refineries in northern Iraq, which ISIS controls, along with six out of 10 oil...
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Pentagon Announces U.S. Air Strike Against ISIL
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 9:15am | 131Pentagon Press Secretary, Rear Admiral John Kirby, tweeted Friday morning that U.S. military aircraft struck ISIL artillery. US military aircraft conduct strike on ISIL artillery. Artillery was used against Kurdish forces defending Erbil, near US personnel. — Rear Adm. John Kirby (@...